> Kent Dahlgren (kentd@icube.com) writes:
>
> > ... we would like to port Linux to the cards. We would like to start
> > with the R4650 card.
>
> You've got a job on, guys; the R4650 has no address translation
> hardware (no "TLB"). I don't know a whole lot about Linux/MIPS but
> I'd guess that makes it rather difficult.
There is a project to port Linux to the 8086. See
http://www.linux.org.uk/Linux8086.html. The functionality is obviously
only a part of the normal Linux. The project makes use of segment
pointers which makes it a bit more difficult to port the code ...
But that's probably not what they want ...
Ralf
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